Chemical and petrochemical industries are heavily rely on positive displacement pumps for transfer of thin liquids such as LPG, aviation fuel, lube oil, fuel oil and liquefied gases. There are numerous positive displacement pumping technologies available in market and selection of a particular technology is depends on its suitability with target application. Use of vane pumps offers some value added characteristic such as good suction, dry running and easy maintenance which make it obvious choice to handle low viscous fluids. There are five variants of vane pump available in market, which are sliding vane, rolling vane, flexible vane, external vane and swinging vane. Each vane type has found suitable application in industrial operation. External vane pump are being used for handling of fluid with large solids where flexible vane pumps are being used for handing of fluid with comparatively small solids.
CORKEN, a subsidiary of IDEX Corporation offers sliding vane pump which is known as “Coro-Vane®” in market. Sliding vane pumps are excellent choice to handle thin liquids due to sliding contact of vanes. It offers good vacuum characteristic and has ability to run dry for short time. It can also handle small amount of vapor and a great choice for applications demanding flow rates of 20 gallons per minute or more. CORKEN provides several variants of sliding vane pumps meeting your requirements to handle wide range of viscosity, vapor pressure and differential pressure. Coro-Vane® comes with drive options, either belt driven or gear reduced. CORKEN sliding vane pumps are being used worldwide for handling of liquid with higher vapor pressure, which includes refrigerants, ammonia, CO2, and hydrocarbon gases among others.
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